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Notification 2023 - July
Notification 2023 - July
/ 77248 / 2023
No:-17-6712023-GDS
Government of lndia
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(GDS Section)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi-1 10 001
Dated:01 .08.2023
To
All Chief Postmasters General
Sir/Madam,
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Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC)
Tel. No. 01 1-23096629
Email :-adggds426@gmail.com
Copy to:
Government of lndia
Ministry of Communications
DeDartment of Posts
' Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi-11000'l
Annexure-1.
st Activities Schedule
No.
(D istration and submission 03.08.2023 to 23.08.2023
online applications
ndidates
(ii) Ediucorrection Window for 24.08.2023 lo 26.08.2023
Applicants:
3'EMoLUMENTS:EmolumentsintheformofTimeRelatedcontinuityAllowance
TRCA
(TRCA) plus Dearness Allowance thereon are paid to the GDS The applicable
to ditferent categories are as under: -
TRcA Slab
sl.
i. PM Rs.12.000-29,380
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Dak Sevaks will be engaged in Departmental offices like Sub Post offices,
Head Post offices etc. The Job Profile of Dak Sevak include:-
b) Dak Sevaks may have to work in sorting offices of Railway Mail Service
(RMS).
c) Dak Sevaks in the Mail offices will handle receipt- dispatch of mail
e) Residence :
Dak Sevaks are required to reside within delivery
iurisdictions of the Post Office (HO/SO/BO) concerned.
(c) There will be no relaxation in upper age limit to EWS applicants. However,
the persons belonging to EWS who are not covered under the scheme of
reservation for SC, ST and OBC shall get 10olo reservation in engagement to
the GDS posts I .
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(1) EDUCATIONALQUALIFICATION:
6. RESERVATION:
Department
(a) Engagement of GDS will be subject to the instructions issued by the
of Posts the reservation of SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PWD categories The
regarding
applicants may go through the following instructions available
on the official website
of the Department:'
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7. HOW TO APPLY
8. SELECTION CRITERIA:
(i) The applicants will be shortlisted forengagement on the basis ofa system
generated merit list.
(ii) The Merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained/ conversion
of Grades/Points to marks (as explained in sub paras - iii to ix below) in
Secondary School Examination of 'lorh standard ofapproved
Boards aggregated to percentage to the accuracy of 4 decimals. Passing of
all the subjects as per the respective approved board norms is mandatory.
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(other than extra subjects, if any). This will ensure that applicants with higher
marks get selected.
(iv) Applicants having both marks and grad€s in the marks sheet have to
apply with marks onlv. ln case any applicant applies with grades instead of
marks, his/her application will be liable for disqualification. However, if for any
particular subiect (s) only grades are mentioned in the mark sheet then
for that subiect (s) grades can be mentioned and the same need nol to be
converted to the marks by the candidates.
(v) For applicants having only grades subiect-wise' marks will be arrived for
each subject (compulsory and elective subjects but not extra subjects), by
applying the multiplying factor of 9.5 in the following manner:-
A1 10 9.5
A2 9.5
B1 8 9.5
82 7 9.5
c1 6 9.5
D 4 9.5
fvi) ln case of the marks lists containing the Grades/ Points, marks will be reckoned
Ly'tating conversion of Grades and points with the multiplication factor (9 5) against
the maximum points or grade as 100.
Where Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is also provided, the marks will
bea rrived at by multiplying the CGPA by 9.5. Where individual grades in each subject
as wetl as CGPA is given, the higher of the two marks will be taken. lt is to clarify
that the candidates are re ui convert ot into ma
and are req uired to mention the gradesrpoints only' while filling up the online
applications The conversion of grades/points to the marks wou dbeca rried out by
the system befo re declaration of result for the purpose of arriving at the merits
(viii) ln case of tie among the applicants, the merit would be decided on the basis of
following priority order:-
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The Department would have the liberty and sole right to introduce any
additional criteria in case of 'Tie' to determine the merit. The decision of the
Department shall be final.
9. COMMUNICATION OF SELECTION:
(i) The list of applicants shortlisted for engagement will be released by the
Department on its website and GDS Online Portal. Applicants are advised to
visit the website/Portal on regular basis for latest updates.
(ii) The selection of the applicants will be subject to verification of the original
documents by the Verifying Authority chosen by the applicant at the time of
filling up the application. This is further subject to verification by the Engaging
Authority. if it is different from the Verifying Authority. The Engaging Authority
for BPM is the Divisional head, while Sub Divisional head the Engaging
Authority in case of ABPM/Dak Sevak.
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(iii) Upon declaration of the result, the shortlisted applicants will be informed
email about the
through SMS on his/her registered mobile number/registered
dates for physical verification of the documents'
with
(iv) Shortlisted applicants while attending for the documents verification'
listed in Annexure-Vll
the Verifying Authority will bring original documents as
and two sets of self-attested photocopies for submission The
shortlisted
(v) The r of prov isional e aoement wil be is sued throu h sYste m itself
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,IO. IMPORTANTINSTRUCTIONS:
(a) The Department and engaging authorities of each post reserves the right
to modify, cancel the notification or revise the number of posts at any time
without assigning any reason or to stop ongoing process altogelher.
(c). Department does not make any phone calls to the applicants. The
correspondence, if any, will be made with applicants through respective
Engaging Authority only. Applicants are advised not to d isclose their personal
information/registration number/ mobile numbers/email ids lo others and be
guarded against any unscrupulous phone calls.
(d). Applicant can view his/her application status on lhe website by providing
the registration number and mobile number till the results are announced,
(e) For any Queries, Division wise help desk and mobile numbers are provided
on the website. The Department would not entertain any query on any other
number, other than the help desks. The Department would also not
entertain any communication regarding acceptance of applications in
any other form and any such communication will be filed.
(f) After closing date for submission of online applications, a three days
window has been kept for modification/editing the same. The purpose
of providing this window is to correct the names and other
data/marks/choice filling etc., so that their candidature is not cancelled
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lmportanl Note:-
Note l: GDS are holder of a Civil posts but they are outside the regular Civil Services of Union
oflndia and governed byGDS (Conductand Engagement) Rul€s,2020 issued vido OM. No. 17-
30/2019-GDS daled 14.02.2020 as revised from time to time available on the website
www.indiapost.gov.in.
[Refer to Para-3I
Nots 2: OM. No.17-31/2016-GDS dated 25.06.2018 related to payment of TRCA and other
allowances to all approved categories of GDS is available on www.indiapost.gov.in.
lReter to Para-3l
Note-3: The selected candidates will have to submit an undertaking to the Engaging Authority
regarding knowledge of Computer, Cycling and having adequate means of livelihood
prescribed formats (refer to Annexure ll, lll & lV respectively) atthe time ofengagement.
I Roier to Para 5.2(2)l
Note: 4 (i) No person holding an elective offlce will be considered for engagement to the post.
(ii) The applicant selected as GDS shall not engage in any activity with any outside agency, which
(iii) Past experience or service of any kind will not be considered for seleclion.
I
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(Ravi Pahwa)
Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC/PAP)
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ANNEXURE-I
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Office
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Community-wise Consolidation of Posts:-
Community No of Posts
o/o)
OBC (As per state reservation
PwD(Low vision (LV) - 01 %)
PwD(D(Deaf), HH(Hard of hearing - 01%),
PwD(One Arm (OA), One leg (OL), Leprosy Cured,
Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim - 01%)
PwD(Specific learning disability/lntellectual Disability -
01/o\
ST(AS per state reservation %)
SC (As per state reservation o/o)
EWS -10olo
UR
Total
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t'to. 17.5rl2023/605 DATEO 31,07.2023
ANNEXURE-II
UNDERTAKING
Place:
Date:
sig nature
Name of applicanUapplicant:_
Address
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ANNEXURE-III
DECLARATION
2. Further, I also hereby declare that I have knowledge of riding a scooter or motor
cycle
Place:
Date
Signature_
Name of applicanuapplica
Address
k,
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ANNEXURE-IV
UNDERTAKING
in the event of my
the Government to support livelihood for myself and my family'
Sevak'"
engagement to the post of Gramin Dak Sevak BPM/ABPM/Dak
Place:
Date:
Sionature
Name of aPPlicanUaPPlicant:-
Address
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Annexure-V
lnstructions for applicants
(For registration and submission of application form)
,I. REGISTRATION:
(a) Applicant will have to first register himself/herself on the GDS online
Engagement Portal atthelink https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in/. details to obtain
the Registration Number.-
(b) For regislration on the Portal, the applicants must have their
own active email id and mobile number. All the important, including declaration
of result of shortlisting, offer of provisional engagement etc. would be sent on the
registered mobile number thorough SMS/Email only. The Department will not
communicate with applicant in any other form.
(c) Once the applicants registered the same mobile number will not be allowed for
any further registrations of any other applicant. ln case any duplicate Registration is
found by altering the basic details, the candidature of all such registrations will be
removed from selection process. Any applicant who forgot the registration number
can retrieve the registration number through option 'Forgot registration'.
2. PAYMENT OF FEE
(b) Applicants, except exempted category of applicant, may make payment of the
fee through any of the online mode of payment using the link provided for payment.
All recognized CrediuDebit cards and Net Banking facility/ UPI can be used for this
purpose. Charges applicable for usage of Debiucredit cards and net banking, as per
the rules from time to time will be levied to the applicants.
(c) Applicants are advised to note their Registration number at a secure place for
making the payment of fee.
(d) Fee once paid will not be refunded. Hence candidate is advised to ensure his
eligibility for applying to particular Division before making the fee payment.
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online directly'
(e) Applicants who are exempted from payment of fee may apply
3 ONLINE APPLICATION:
selection will be subject to verification of the original certificates/ mark sheet etc. with
the data /marks fed in the online application. Therefore, the candidates have to select
a Verifying Authority for verification of document at the time of submission of
application form itself. The candidates are advised to select the Divisional head of
the Division in which he/she is applying to expedite the verification of documents at
later stage. However, at his/her option any other Divisional head may be selected
near to his/her place for the purpose.
(a) After closing date for submission of online applications, a three days
window has been kept for modification/editing the same. During this three-day
window, the candidate may modify/edit applications, however, if the
modifications involve any change in category requiring fee to be paid, such
modifications will be allowed only if the candidate deposits the fee as per the
prescribed procedure. Upon modification, the previous online application
would be treated as null and void and merit would be decided based on the
modified application.
(b) Before submission of the modified application, applicants must check that they
have filled correct details in each field of the form. After the expiry of 'EdiUCorrection
window,, no change/ correction/ modification will be allowed in the application under
any circumstances. No request in this regard in any form like by post' fax, email, by
hand, etc. shall be entertained by the Department and the same will be filed without
assigning any reason.
Note:-
(1) Applicants are advised in their own interest to submit the online application much before
the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability
or failure to login to the website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing
days.
(2) The Department will not be responsible for the applicants not being able to submit their
applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason
beyond the control of the Department.
(3) Before submission of the online application, applicants must check through Preview/ Print
option that they have filled correct details in each field of the form.
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ANNEXURE-VI
Undertakinq
of GDS BPM/ABPM/Dak Sevak are true to the best of my knowledge and belief . I
also undertake that, in case, any detail submitted by me is found to be false at any
to be rejected against all the vacancies, applied for, or after my engagement, I shall
be terminated under GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules. I also understood that
I shall be liable for criminal/legal action for producing any of false details/documents
etc.
Place:
Date
Signatu re_
Name of applicanUapplicant:_
Address
A,
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Annexure-Vll
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